Mop.



PATENTED JUNE 14, 1904.

Rm 1 5 2 6 7 m N T. W. DAVIES.

MOP. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 15, 1902.

no MODEL.

THOMAS W. DAVIES, OF CHICAGO,

Patented June 14, 1904.

PATENT, OFFICE.

ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO MORTIMER OAHILL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MOP.

SPECIFICATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 762,515, dated June 14,1904.

Application filed November 15, 1902. Serial No. 131,544. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it mag concern- Be it known that I, TIIoIvIAs W. DAVIES, acitizen of the United States of America, residing at Chicago, in thecounty of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Mops, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in mops; andits object is to produce a device of this class which shall be extremelycheap and effective and which shall possess certain other advantageswhich will appear in the course of the specification.

To these ends my invention consists in certain novel features ofconstruction, which are clearly shown in the drawings and described inthis specification.

In the aforesaid drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of my improved mop.Fig. 2 is a view, partly in side elevation and partly in the sectionindicated by the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective of theswab-bail. Figs. 4 and 5 are sections in the line 4 4 of Fig. 2, showingthe method of constructing the handle-attaching means; and Fig. 6 is anend view of the bracket.

Referring to the drawings, A is the handle or stick of a mop, bearing onits lower enda shoe B, preferably of wood. This shoe is beveled at itsrear end to form a surface Z, Fig. 2. The handle and shoe are pivotallyconnected together by means of a single piece of wire bent into ayoke-shape, so as to permit considerable angular movement between thehandle and the shoe. The method by which this pivotal connection isproduced is shown in Fig. 4. The shoe is pierced with a holeb somewhatlarger than the diameter of the han- I dle, and the handle is thenplaced with its end in the hole, Fig. t. A wire C is then forced throughthe shoe and the end of the handle,

and the handle is then driven away from the shoe by pressure directedfrom the bottom of the shoe, producing the bend, as shown in Fig. 5.This is a particularly simple and cheap form of pivot, and, furthermore,is not liable to accidental injury.

In the front of the shoe is a bail D. (Shown in perspective in Fig. 3.)This bail consists of two straight parallel members (Z and a loopportion (Z, curved in a plane at right angles to the plane of theportions (Z. The straight portions (Z extend into suitablelongitudinalholes in the shoe B and are adapted to be pulled out easily.

Upon the handle'A at a considerable distance above the shoe is a bracketE, havinga bearing a at one end. Through this bearing extends a rod F,provided at its upper end witha handle f and at its lower end with aloop f The swab of the mop is indicated by G in the drawings, and itextends around the curved portion (Z of the bail D, across and underthefoot B, and around and through the loop f of the member F. Thismember holds the swab taut across the footand keeps it under suchtension that it is impossible to remove the bail D from its holes in thefoot. The advantage of a bail which can be readily removed is obvious,for the reason that the mop can be undressed very readily, the swabbeing unhooked from the member F and the bail being then pulled out andthe swab removed therefrom. To use amemberthus'removable from the foot,it is essential that the opposite end of the swab be firmly held in suchposition that the length of the swab will not permit the removal of thebail. One of the functions of the member F is to produce this result. Ithas, however, another function-that of affording means for twisting theswab to wring it without the necessity of taking it directly in thehands. To aid in the accomplishment of thispurpose, the member F,immediately above the bracket E, is flattened to a non-cylindricalshape, and a correspondinglycountersunk depression a is provided in thebearing a, so that the member F can be turned and the swab twisted, andthe member can then be locked in position to hold the swab twisted whilethe water drains out. I consider this particularly advantageous, for thereason that it prevents the necessity of manually holding the swab undertension as the water drains from it.

I realize that considerable changes can be made in the details of thisconstruction, and I do not, therefore, desire to limit myself to thespecific form herein described.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a device ofthe class described, the combination with a handle, a shoe securedthereto, a bracket, a longitudinal rod extending through said bracketand supported thereby, and a swab extending from the lower end of saidlongitudinal rod under said shoe, to the opposite end thereof, of anon-cylindrical portion on said longitudinal rod above said bracket,said bracket being correspondingly countersunk, to lock the longitudinalrod against rotation, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a handle, of a shoe having an opening of a sizeas large as the end of the handle, and. a single piece of wire passingthrough the sides of the shoe and through the opening, the centralportion of the wire passing through a perforation in the end of thehandle and being bent up above the surface of the shoe to form ayoke-shaped bail.

In witness whereof I have signed the above application for LettersPatent, at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, this12th day of November, A. I). 1902.

THOMAS IV. DAVIES.

Witnesses:

CHAS. O. SHERVEY, RUSSELL W ILES.

